Page 6 ersity Times Celebration of Life Dovie Juanita Goodwin- March 21, 1908- November. 5, 2007 (Photo by Vic M. Rivera Sr.) Dovie Juanita Goodwin lived a life of dedication OGDEN — Family, members of Delta Sigma Theta, colleagues and friends gathered for a celebration of life service for Dovie Juanita Miles Goodwin, 99, one of the first African American teachers in Utah. Goodwin died Nov. 5, 2007. “She was my big sister,” Kathleen Christy, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, said during the celebration of life service. “She was very committed to what Delta stood for. She chastised us. She let us know how to be good Deltas. She had a spirit that was very comforting and comfortable.” Services were held Nov. 10 in Myers Mortuary Chapel in Ogden, followed by interment at Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch. The Rev. Ron White, pastor of the Church of Christ in * Clearfield, officiated at the service. The repast was held at Second Baptist Church in Ogden. “She was dedicated to the principles of Jesus Christ,” said Goodwin’s daughter Roietta Fulgham. “She lived a life of service to Christ. As a child of God, she epitomized black dignity and Christian dignity.” Goodwin was hired to teach sixth grade at Pingree Elementary in Ogden in 1961. Some 32 years after her retirement, Goodwin was presented with the teacher of the year award at the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Commission’s 2006 Drum Major Awards Luncheon. Goodwin also served the Ogden Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was youth group advisor and treasurer for 45 years. “I will totally miss Mrs. Goodwin,” said Jeanetta Williams, president of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch and President of the NAACP Tri-State Conference of Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Williams read a resolution from the NAACP, commending Goodwin for “work to improve the status of minority groups” and being “committed to youth programs and dedicated to the NAACP.” Williams said she and Goodwin annually attended NAACP national conventions. The last was in July in Detroit. “We would go over resolutions together,” Williams said. “I was always there at her side.” Betty Sawyer, president of the NAACP Ogden Branch, called Goodwin an excellent steward of branch funds. Sawyer said, “Mrs. Goodwin served as our treasurer for over forty years and was faithful in attendance and volunteer work at our local meetings and special events, as well as representing the Ogden Branch each year at our Regional and National Conventions. “We will miss her words of wisdom,” Sawyer said. ““We didn’t always ask for it, but we knew we were going to get it.” Janet Bunger, state president of the American Association of University Women, credited Goodwin for “making sure doors were opened and opportunities were there for women and members of minority groups.” Goodwin, whose maiden name was Miles, was born in Denton, Texas. A graduate of Wiley College in-Marshall, she was initiated into Psi Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta in San Antonio in 1942. She moved to Utah from Texas and worked as a United Services Organization director. She met Roy A. Goodwin in 1945. They were married that year in Las Vegas. Mr. Goodwin and their son, Miles “Tyrone” Goodwin, preceded her in death. Mrs. Goodwin is survived by daughter, Roietta Fulgham, of Citrus Heights, Calif; grandchildren, Kendall Youngblood (Jill) of South Jordan; and Keia Fulgham of Glendale, Calif., and other relatives and a host of people who referred to her as “Mom,” “Auntie,” “Sister” or 1 “Friend.”